Printing press and printing press control method
AssigneeKomori Corporation
InventorsYoshiaki Kurata, Hideki Saito
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Abstract
A printing press includes a blanket cleaning controller, automatic plate change unit, image exposing section, pre-inking controller, and CPU. The blanket cleaning controller cleans a blanket mounted on a blanket cylinder. The automatic plate change unit changes a printing plate mounted on a plate cylinder to a new printing plate. The image exposing section exposes an image on the printing plate mounted on the plate cylinder. The pre-inking controller forms, on an ink roller group, an ink film thickness distribution corresponding to an image to be exposed next. The CPU automatically drives the blanket cleaning controller, automatic plate change unit, image exposing section, and pre-inking controller in an operation order set by a start command.
Claims7
A printing press comprising:
- blanket cleaning means for cleaning a blanket mounted on a blanket cylinder;
- plate change means for changing a printing plate mounted on a plate cylinder with a new printing plate;
- image exposing means for exposing an image on the printing plate mounted on the plate cylinder;
- ink film thickness distribution formation means for forming, on an ink roller group, an ink film thickness distribution corresponding to an image to be exposed next;
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- control means for automatically driving said blanket cleaning means, said plate change means, said image exposing means, and said ink film thickness distribution formation means in an operation order set by a single start command.
A control method for a printing press, comprising the steps of:
- cleaning a blanket mounted on a blanket cylinder;
- changing a printing plate mounted on a plate cylinder to a new printing plate;
- exposing an image on the printing plate mounted on the plate cylinder;
- forming, on an ink roller group, an ink film thickness distribution corresponding to an image to be exposed next;
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- automatically performing blanket cleaning, plate change, image exposing, and ink film thickness distribution formation in an operation order set by a single start command.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.